Towards a European full employment policy

Jo Ritzen & Klaus F. Zimmermann

#2018-018

Full employment in the European Union member states is a challenge but
feasible, also in downswings of the business cycle and during stages of
increased robotisation. It requires labour legislation that ensures
flexibility and retraining, responsive labour sharing during the
business cycle and to individual life cycle needs, government
interventions to supply supplemental employment and revamping dual
education. The future of work is better ensured with coordinated
European full employment labour policies establishing fair work
conditions based on long-run business strategies as well as a fair
distribution of national income between labour and capital.